18 – 30 years old (must be 18 on 1 Sep 2024) when applying
Minimum of 12 places
October 2025 (beginning of October)
£2,495 (excluding flights - as a guide, flights at September 2024 were £270)
Saturday 30 November 2024 at the Quality Hotel, Coventry – for those wishing to apply please note you will need to attend the face to face interviews.
1 November 2024
Applications are now closed for this trip. Please check back in September 2025 for details of next year's YFC Travel opportunities.
The tour takes you to one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world – Iceland, known as ‘The Land of Ice and Fire’. Located just south of the Arctic Circle it offers the visitor a unique landscape and culture to enjoy.
There are glaciers, fjords, snow peaked mountains, volcanoes, hot geysers, towering waterfalls, ice caves and black sandy beaches. Outdoor recreation is very popular with swimming and hiking at the top of the list.
With lots of warm swimming pools and lagoons to enjoy it is possible to combine both options with a towel in your backpack.
Your tour will take you from the capital Reykjavik around the southern coast as far as Jokulsarion, which is the most fertile region in the country. Sights will include the geothermal power plant, large waterfalls, moss covered lava fields, the icecap of Vatnajokull, a glacier lagoon, a boat trip through the icebergs, geyser hot springs and hot pools.
Enjoy a 3 hour trek in Skaftafell National Park to see the spectacular Svartifloss Waterfall framed by the green landscape, black sands and the glacier in the background.
Agricultural visits will include dairy, sheep, horses, greenhouse salad production, cereal crops and the agricultural university as you explore the agri economy through its history and modernisation. Only 1% of Iceland is fertile enough for land-based agriculture but that does not detract from its quality and importance.
Other highlights for you to experience include Seljalandsfoss waterfall where you can walk behind the water, the Fjaorargljufur Canyon, The Gullfoss Waterfall and Geyser hot spring have eruptions occurring every 10 minutes.
Learn about energy production from the natural springs that abound in Iceland, visit the University agricultural department and see the picturesque fishing villages that populate the southern coastline before walking along the sea cliffs for stunning views of the peninsula.
Finally spend two nights in the capital Reykjavik with the chance to visit the world-famous Blue Lagoon Spa, with its healing waters and minerals.
October may also afford visitors the chance to see the wonders of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis).
YFC Travel is generously supported by Young Farmers Ambassadors and NFU Mutual Charitable Trust.
